Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 75 The Strongest Man in the History of "Crows"

"Megumi Hayashida...this role is good."

"The characters who appear in Hiroshi Takahashi's comics, from movies to comics, Hayashida Megumi are all the strongest beings. They have no intention of participating in the Suzuran hegemony, and they live alone and are taciturn..."

"According to the setting of the original work, it is an insurmountable mountain for the two protagonists, Takitani Genji and Kabuto Hayateo."

"The protagonist of the comic "Crows" (Crows), Harumichi Shoya, once challenged Megumi Hayashida twice, with one loss and one draw... breaking the common convention of the protagonist being invincible in Japanese hot-blooded comics in this era."

"Megumi Hayashida is the strongest man in history who dominates the entire "Crows" throughout the comic book story."

Takakura Bunta looked at the movie version of the script and listened to the information research done by Kanda Keiko.

He was still a little excited about this supporting role.

Such a supporting role in a popular comic book movie has a much greater influence than those important supporting roles in ordinary TV series...

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The role of Megumi Hayashida does not play a major role in the movie "High School", but it plays an important role in the construction of the entire story system.

Moreover, "High School" is Burning Production's annual drama.

In the historical line of the original plane, the filming of this movie will not start until many years later.

This dark star world, this movie was born in advance.

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This is due to Takakura Bunta.

Bunta Takakura, the "strongest agent in history" of Sony Records, successfully overthrew the Oricon chart leader, Masahiko Kondo, who dominated the charts for nine weeks.

The dark gambling agreement failed, and the dream of T0-level Japanese entertainment resources was shattered, causing a generation of kings to fall and disappear...

The major forces noticed that Johnny's monopoly on the Japanese entertainment male idol circle was beginning to shake.

This "High School" is Burning Production's big impact on the Johnny's Empire.

Of course, Burning Production is not working alone. Stardust Studio, one of the four major entertainment agencies, has also joined in the production of "High School".

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Among the four major agencies, which one is the most powerful in the Japanese entertainment industry?

There is no doubt that it is BURNING PRODUCTION.

And BURNING’s president, Ikuo Sufang, is even known as the “leader of the Japanese entertainment industry.”

Although looking at the tax payment and presumed income rankings of entertainment agencies, BURNING is only a medium-sized agency, far inferior to Johnny's Agency, Stardust Communications Agency, and Hori Production Co., Ltd. (H Company).

However, the "burning system" created by BURNING PRODUCTION has more than half of the small firms in the Japanese entertainment industry affiliated with BURNING or having business support relationships.

In other words, more than half of the artists in Japan are more or less managed by BURNING.

Although these offices are not named BURNING, they are collectively known as the "BURNING Combustion System" Corps.

The male protagonist of this drama, Oguri Shun, belongs to the Japanese idol agency Johnny's agency, which is one of Burning's agencies.

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If given the choice, Takakura Bunta would definitely prefer to play Takiya Genji. He is confident to create a completely different "Soul of Suzuran".

However, the burning department of Burning Production will definitely promote Shun Oguri and strive to become the king of the "Takuya Kimura Era".

As for the second male lead, Takayuki Yamada plays Tamao Serizawa, and Bunta Takakura can’t compete with him.

Yamada Takayuki signed a contract with Japan Entertainment's famous "Tianhou Palace" Stardust Entertainment Agency.

Most of the artists under Stardust Agency are actors. In the early days, it became a big company by discovering big actresses such as Tokiwa Takako, Nakatani Miki, Matsuyuki Yasuko, Takeuchi Yuko, Shibasaki Yuki, etc. It can be said that it is the genius of Japanese dramas. Harem.

Recently, it has also begun to train male actors, and Takayuki Yamada is the key newcomer.

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Keiko Kanda also privately conveyed the opinions of Sony executives.

If Takakura Bunta is willing to accept Zhao'an, completely merge into Sony Records and abandon this highly autonomous independent studio model. Sony can completely mobilize resources and financial resources to shoot a movie or TV series that is completely led by Bunta Takakura.

Whether it is an original script or purchasing the copyright of novels and comics.

Anyway, we can discuss it with our own people...

Unfortunately, Takakura Bunta refused.

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In the "Crows" manga, Megumi Hayashida's presence is not weak, and the setting is also very attractive.

Because he was thought to have killed his brother and father, no one wanted to get close to him.

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In fact, his biological father died when he was very young. Later, his mother remarried, and his stepfather was very kind to him, but this aroused the dissatisfaction of his stepfather's brother, who increasingly felt that Megumi Hayashida had robbed his father.

One day, my brother stabbed his father with a knife because of a small dispute. He was seen by Hayashi Tianhui, who had just returned home from school. When he tried to stop him, his brother was also stabbed. As a result, his stepfather and brother died soon after.

Hayashida Megumi was originally not responsible for the whole thing, but he felt very guilty, so he claimed that he had killed his stepfather and brother and stopped interacting with others and closed himself off.

Compared with the original comic book, the charm of the movie version of this character has been weakened too much.

If "High School" wasn't a phenomenal hot-blooded comic movie, Bunta Takakura wouldn't have agreed to star in it.

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"Kanda, please contact the other party's producer again. If the other party is willing to change Hayashida Megumi's settings."

Bunta Takakura proposed revisions.

Kanda Keiko: "Change the script settings?"

Takakura Bunta explained: "This character is too thin. I think we can add the character background in the comics to polish the character's arc..."

Kanda Keiko read the content of the script. Although this character has the strongest setting of Suzuran Boys High School, he is very attractive.

But the writing in the script is very rough and the characters are really thin.

"Okay, I'll go communicate with the crew. You are now a quasi-king-level singer."

"A quasi-king-level singer who is filming a key role in a movie certainly has the capital to negotiate terms."

Kanda Keiko recorded Takakura Bunta's request and said.

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In "Hot-Blooded High School", Megumi Hayashida belongs to the backbone group of characters (Turkey).

Backbone roles refer to characters in many dramas who don't have many roles but have high qualifications.

According to Takakura Bunta's request, this character is likely to be upgraded to the finale.

The finale (Tomemae), generally speaking, the finale is an actor who has a fixed role and is second only to the main actor in qualifications. The role plays a key role in advancing the plot.

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Bunta Takakura is extremely popular this year.

With the sales of the "Kill, Miracle, Heart" album, there are a group of fans of Takakura Bunta in South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and the Red Earth Continent. Now is the hot time.

According to Bunta Takakura's status as a singing star and high popularity, in movies, the role is usually the main protagonist or the secondary role, or at best a major role.

Now as long as there is a finale role, it is not an excessive condition.

The main axis (トメ), the person who can be placed in this position must be a character in the crew who has the qualifications and masters the key to the plot.

The main character in "Hot Blood High School" (Tomo) hopes that Genji will help him fulfill his dream, so he becomes good friends with Genji and wants to help dominate Suzuran's Katagiri Fist.

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Two weeks later, Keiko Kanda signed an agreement with the crew of "High School", and Bunta Takakura officially joined the cast.

(End of this chapter)